WoRMS taxon details
Physeter Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 137032
AphiaID: 137032
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Physeteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Physeteridae | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Catodon Linnaeus, 1761 (synonym) Cetus Billberg, 1828 (synonym) Meganeuron Gray, 1865 (synonym) Megistosaurus Anonymous, in Harlan, 1828 (synonym) Phiseter Bonnaterre, 1789 (synonym) Physalus Lacépède, 1804 (synonym) Physeterus Dumeril, 1806 (synonym) Tursio Fleming, 1822 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae: L. Salvii, 48 + 578 pp. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subgenus Physeter (Euphyseter)
Species Physeter gibbosus Schreber, 1802 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter katadon Muller, 1773 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter krefftii Boschma, 1938 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter polycephus Quoy & Gaimard, in Freycinet, 1824 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter polycystus Gray, 1866 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter pterodon Trouessart, 1898 (nomen dubium, incertae sedis) Species Physeter andersonii Borowski, 1780 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter australasiensis Desmoulins, 1822 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter australis Gray, 1846 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) Species Physeter breviceps de Blainville, 1838 accepted as Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) Species Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter maximus G. Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter microps Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Physeter microps Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter novaeangliae Borowski, 1780 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter orthodon Lacépède, 1804 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Species Physeter simus Owen, 1866 accepted as Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) Species Physeter tursio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137032 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Physeter Linnaeus, 1758. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137032 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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